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90. Kottayam

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1987

KL-KOTTAYAM

CPM 54.0%won by 9.3%INC 44.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 9.3%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 45.8% to 54.0% of the vote here (+8.2%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 44.7% — it did not contest here in 1982.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,02,682
Margin
9,526
9.28%

Candidates

13 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1T. K. RAMAKRISHANANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM55,42254.0%
  2. 2THIRUVANCHOOR RADHAKRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC45,89644.7%
  3. 3V. O. ABRAHAMIndependent · IND3870.4%
  4. 4JOSE THOTTATHILIndependent · IND1770.2%
  5. 5T. V. RADHAKRISHNANIndependent · IND1750.2%
  6. 6T. G. CHANDRASEKHARANIndependent · IND1090.1%
  7. 7JOSEPH JOHNIndependent · IND1070.1%
  8. 8VAZHOOR VISWOMIndependent · IND940.1%
  9. 9E. T. KURIENIndependent · IND930.1%
  10. 10T. J. LEELAMONIIndependent · IND910.1%
  11. 11ISSAC JOSEPHIndependent · IND730.1%
  12. 12K. J. VARGHESEIndependent · IND290.0%
  13. 13MATHEW MATHEWIndependent · IND290.0%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
−36.5%
CPM share
45.8% → 54.0%
INC share
0.0% → 44.7%
Turnout
— → —
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